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This accessible book takes a unique person-centred approach to working with older people and provides an introduction to the legislation, policy, theory and research needed by …
"a must for any specialist and advanced practitioner's bookshelf." Journal of Interpersonal CareThis book focuses on what happens after a death has taken place. Drawing on social …
"A timely and welcome contribution to the research on loneliness and kindred phenomena."Lars Andersson, International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, 2010.Developments to the …
How are individuals and society ageing towards the end of the twentieth century?How can different disciplines help us to understand the ageing process?What are the key developments …
*Why do many older people rate their health as good when 'objective' evidence suggests that old age is a time of inevitable decline and disease?*How do different perspectives on …
What role do senior citizens have in European society in the late twentieth century? Retirement is no longer the straightforward entry point to old age it once was. More and more …
The changing demographic profiles of modern societies have led to a growing interest in understanding ageing and later life among those working within the social sciences and …
Population ageing has fuelled interest in pensions and intergenerational equity, leading to privatization of pensions. Yet the gender implications of such policies and the …
Ageing has traditionally been seen as ubiquitous decline - all 'doom and gloom'. The Psychology of Growing Old challenges this view and shows how our own attitudes and values may …